Off-Campus Database Access

CBC students, faculty and staff may access the library's subscription databases off campus by logging into the CBC website using their CBC ID and PIN. If you are already logged in you will see your name in the upper left corner of the page - simply navigate to our list of databases and select one and you should be logged through. If you are not logged in you will be prompted to do so when you click on one of our subscription databases off-campus.

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You must login to most of our databases and online resources through the CBC Library’s resources page or our homepage; if you try to access one of the databases through any other links you won't be recognized as a CBC user and will typically be asked for additional login information that you won't have.

FirewallsWhen you click on one of our databases, if you get a blank page, "page not found," or "cannot find server" message, you may be behind a firewall that is blocking our proxy server. To test this, point your browser directly to our login page: http://libaccess.columbiabasin.edu:2048/login. If it doesn't come up, chances are your firewall is blocking it. To get around this you can either turn off your firewall temporarily or configure it to allow access to port 2048, at least for our proxy server.

Blocked RedirectSome security software and/or browser settings may prevent you from being redirected from the CBC website through to our databases. For instance, Firefox has a setting that will produce the message "Firefox prevented this page from automatically redirecting to another page" forcing you to click the 'allow' button in the warning each time. In Firefox if you wish to stop this go to Options>Advanced>General and uncheck "Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page." With other software search the help on website redirects (or Google the topic) and you may be able to determine how to prevent this. If you are entirely unable to resolve this problem, please contact us.

GeneralTry hitting the Refresh button on your browser, exiting the browser and starting over, or using a different browser. This is especially true if you are using the AOL integrated browser - close the browser but not your internet connection and launch Internet Explorer; or if you are using Internet Explorer, try using Netscape.CookiesIf you get an error message that starts 'This is cookie.htm' your browser has blocked a cookie from our login server. Be sure to disable any cookie blocking software you may have running. You must set your browser to accept at least some cookies (review your browser's help files for instructions). Temporary FilesAnother thing to try is deleting temporary Internet files and cookies already stored on your computer (review your browser's help files for instructions). OtherProblems with NetZero High Speed.

If you have logged in successfully but the database will not let you in, you may be trying to access one of our databases that have a limit on the number of users or the database may be down - try again later, or select a different database.

Ebrary no longer uses our regular login; instead you will be asked for your student ID number which it will use to create a personalized account for you.

If you continue to have problems please call the CBC Library Reference desk for assistance, 509-542-4890 . If you have never used our databases off campus before, you may wish to ask for a demonstration in the library.

For questions or comments about this page, please contact: Library, Phone: 509-542-4890